Oct 20, 2024 | Architecture, Biggar Little Festival, Lanark Heritage
Art and history inspiring new music Nine of the twelve paintings of Lanark’s Closes now on exhibition at Biggar Corn Exchange Once our art is ‘out there’, we seldom have any idea of who sees it and where it goes other than the interactions on our...
May 7, 2024 | Architecture, Art, Painting,, Scotland
Cropped detail from ‘In the Wings’ Curious how once a painting has been created, it quietly acquires a life of its own finding its way from easel to a new wall. I have to remind myself that this process can take some time as is the case with my body of...
Aug 16, 2022 | Architecture, Lanark Heritage, New LAnark
August is the month when I like to complete unfinished work or perk up drawings or paintings that I think are just missing something. I’ve had four framed drawings of Lanark townscape packed away but during a recent sort I brought them back into my studio....
Jul 26, 2022 | Architecture, Victorian Terracotta Tiles
The other day I received an email via my archive blog ‘Drawing the Detail’ from a lady who mentioned that her grandparents, the Rowbothams, lived in one of these Fenton houses. I love to hear of personal connections with the buildings and streets that I...
Nov 30, 2021 | Architecture, Lanark Heritage, Tolbooth Lanark
There’s a node of activity surrounding St Nicholas Church and the Tolbooth, Lanark. The ancient Castlegate converges with the High Street nearby and it’s easy to miss the history when you are concentrating on the traffic. Castlegate is one of the...
May 24, 2021 | Architecture, Burslem Heritage, Wedgwood Institute
Gemini is the sign of the zodiac from 21 May to 21 June and depicts the mythical twins Castor and Pollux, the names of the brightest stars in the Gemini constellation. Twin sons of Zeus and Leda, they appeared in both Greek and Roman mythology and were worshipped as...
